Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Mar 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997lpi....28.1111p&link_type=abstract
Conference Paper, 28th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, p. 111.
Mathematics
Logic
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Phobos, Deimos, Space Missions, Minerals, Planetary Geology, Mission Planning, Planetary Mass, Asteroids
Scientific paper
Aladdin is a Discovery-class mission to explore and return samples to Earth from multiple, well-characterized locations on two small bodies, the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos. Aladdin is to be launched in January 2001, with samples returned from both bodies to Earth in November 2003. Addressing fundamental questions about the origin and evolution of small bodies, remnants of the building blocks of the solar system, requires comprehensive analyses of their mineralogical, elemental, and isotopic composition to a level of detail that is only possible using sophisticated instruments of terrestrial laboratories. Aladdin's hyperspectral remote sensing instruments will characterize the geologic context of the returned samples. The integrated geophysical and compositional analyses enabled by Aladdin will determine whether these small dark bodies share a common origin with Mars, or are vestiges of primitive objects from the outer solar system that delivered volatiles and organics to the inner solar system. Either result has enormous implications for evolution of the terrestrial planets.
Calvin Wendy
Cheng Anqi
Clark Barry
Clemett Simon
Gold Robert
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